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Nedcolbertia Nedcolbertia justinhoffmanni Kirkland et al. 1998

/nˈɛdkəlbɚʃə/ estimated
Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) · 137.1–132.6 Mya

Key Statistics

Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
solitary

Where It Was Found

Country
United States
Region
Utah
Formation
Cedar Mountain
Dig sites
2
distinct collections
Recorded finds in United States. Present-day positions: the continents have moved since.

Overview

Nedcolbertia justinhoffmanni is a theropod dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 137.1–132.6 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and solitary. Fossils have been recovered from Utah, United States. It was named by Kirkland et al. 1998. The species is represented by 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~8%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Geologic Time

Where Nedcolbertia justinhoffmanni sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Nedcolbertia
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Nedcolbertia justinhoffmanni's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.

predator–prey
Moabosaurus
Moabosaurus utahensis
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predator–prey
Gastonia
Gastonia burgei
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predator–prey
Cedrorestes
Cedrorestes crichtoni
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coexisted–with
Hypselospinus
Hypselospinus fittoni
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coexisted–with
Euhelopus
Euhelopus zdanskyi
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coexisted–with
Pilmatueia
Pilmatueia faundezi
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same–clade
Xiyunykus
Xiyunykus pengi
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same–clade
Martharaptor
Martharaptor greenriverensis
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